Improvement in addressing-machines



J. M. KENNARD. ADDRESSING-MACHINE. No. 181,270.

Patented Aug.22,1876

JOHN M. KENNARD, OF WATERLOO, NEVV YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN AooREssiNe-MAci-uNEs Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. l S l ,270,

June 10, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:-

tion of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichtive.

through the same..

vice. denote like parts of the machine in all the figures.

My invention relates to that class of addressing-maehines in which names and addresses are printed directly on newspapers and periodicals, or their wrappers, and is calculated greatly tot'acilit-ate and expedite that operation. For this purpose the names or addresses are set in type, and are inclosed in a galley provided underneath with ratchet-teeth, into which a pawl engages to advance it at intervals.

As it generally happens in newspaper establishments that a large number of addresses must be printed within a very limited time, my machine is intended to be ordinarily operated by steam-power, and, to obviate omissions in printin the forward motion or feeding of the galley should be instantaneously position to be printed, and the platen should periodicals without impairing its action.

My invention relates to the manner in which the platen is connected to the reciprocating twisting produced by attempting to remove discloses the type of the galley. It relates also to a treadle connected with the feedingsection through the upper portion of the same. 1 w Fig. 3 represents a transverse vertical section ing a short distance within it, so as to Fig. 4: represents in plan a detached view of the machines locking de- Similar letters of reference where they occur i as readily stopped by the foot of the operator,

Be it known that 1, JOHN M. KENNARD, of 1 while his hands are engaged in removing an Waterloo, in the county of Seneca and State 3 handling the newspapers. of New York, have invented certain new and the mechanism by which the plunger and usefulImprovementsin Addressinglvlachines; feeding and that the following is a full, clear, and exscribe act description of the construction and operaings.

A represents the frame of the machine, that supports a tab pers to be addressed are deposited. This ta- Figure 1 represents the machine in perspec' ble Bis provided with a recessed groove, b, Fig. 2representsalongitudinal vertical 1 to receive the galley O, which is supported ithin said groove b by shoulders b extenda narrow long the free passage of the ratchet-teeth 0 formed upon the bottom of the galley. of the table upon each side of the groove b are connected near each end, while they are united above by the shield d. Thev galley is advanced byn means of a spring-pawl, e, that engages with l, its ratchet-teeth c.

oted at e to one end which is in its turn pivoted to the frame A at while its opposite end is connected by means dated August 22, 1876; application filed device are operated, as will be ded hereafter with reference to the draw- It relates also to le, B, upon whichthe newspaleave itudinal central opening, 12 for The portions underneath by bent braces a,

This spring-pawl is pivof a bell-crank lever, f,

of the rod 9 to the strap of an eccentric, h,

at the next stroke fairly over the opening that ote ing handle, m,

mounted upon the driving-shaft D.

The plunger E, that carries the platen i, moves up and down through suitable guides at attached to the table. It

is operated through the rod k,

connected to the strap of an eccentric, F, also mounted upon the driving-shaft D. The stem of the platen t is flattened out, and is provid q ed with a slot, '17 for the passage of the body of the thumb rigidly to the I the groove '0,

be easily adjusted to print. any thickness of a cylindrical screw l that clamps the platen head of the plunger. The stem arrested when there is not any newspaper in l of the platen being clamped on both sides of it cannot turn in its socket, as stem would, under the side-imnicated to it by removing the papers before they are falrly released, incident to the hurry in which the machine is opplunger that operates it, so that no amount of erated.

To arrest the advance of the galley, the paw? close to the pawl, so that the advance of the galley can be can most rea s'depressed and disengaged from the teetl y, by a controlling-lever, m, pw

(1 to the table, said lever having an operai located above the table, an plunger E, where the operato dily grasp it. The lower end( its reception.

end of the groove b, and the previous operation is repeated.

As both the feeding mechanism and the plunger are operated by eccentrics the machine ,is noiseless in its movements. It is generally operated by a belt passing over the pulley G,- but. it is evident that it can also be operated by a treadle and a crank, if desired.

I am aware that the platen of addressingmachines has been attached to vertical cylindrical rods, and that a vertical motion has been transmitted to these rods by various means, and I do not claim anydevice for that purpose, except the one shown in my drawings.

Having now describe my invention, what I claim isi 1. In combination with the reciprocating plunger E, constructed and operating substantially as described, the slotted quadranthe lever m is bent under the table, so that its extremity is in near contact with the top of the pawl 6, so as to disconnect promptly the latter from the galley. The lever m is retained in position (with the pawl eengaged with or disengaged from the galley) by a spring, 12, Fig. 4, pressing it into notches formed for The pawl ecan be disconnected from the galley, so as to arrest its forward movement, bythe foot of the operator pressing upon a treadle, it, connected by a wire, 8, with said pawl.

To obviate any backward movement of the galley, I have provided a spring-retaining pawl, 20, located under the table, so as to engage with the ratchet-teeth of the galley.

To operate with this machine, the type being inked, the galley is placed within the groove 1), where it is pushed along under the shield 22 until the first name comes nearly under the opening in the shield 61, and the pawl e, that had been depressed by the lever m during the introduction of the galley, is released by shifting the handle of the lever m from one of the locking-notches to the other, and said pawl, operated by the bell-crank lever f, rod 9, and continuously-revolving eccentric h, engages periodically with all the teeth of the galley in succession, and advances it until suddenly arrested, either by the foot of the operator or by the handle of the lever m, or until all the impressions of addresses have been taken upon the papers, by the pressure exerted bythe platen attached to the extremity of the plunger. Then the pawl e is locked, the galley is removed from one end of the groove b, and a new one, containing another setof names, is introduced at the opposite by a clamp and thumb-nut, as and for the purpose described.

oted to a bell-crank lever, operated by an eccentric, the treadle tand wire 8, to temporarily arrest the advance of a galley, substantially as described. l

3. In combination with a'mechanism for advancing the galley of an addressing-machine by means of an eccentric bell-crank and spring pawl,-the plunger E, also operated by an ecanism, so as to render the machine noiseless in its operations, substantially as described.

J. M. KENNARD. Witnesses:

THOMAS WALTERS, FRANK MoOLosKEY.

gular platen-stem 11, connected to the plunger 2. In combination with a spring-pawl pivcentric independent of an yintermediate mech- 

